Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Mr．Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children．He owned 1.farm,which looked almost abandoned．2.(lucky),he also had a cow which produced milk every day．He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby 3.other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what 4. (leave)．The cow was their only means of support,in fact．One day,the cow was eating grass 5. it began to rain heavily．While making great efforts to run away,she 6.(fall)over the hill and died．Then the Johnsons had to make a living 【小题7the cow．In order to support his family,Mr．Johnson began to plant herbs and vegetables．Since the plants took a while to grow,he started cutting down trees 7.(sell)the wood．Thinking about his children’s clothes,he started growing cotton too．When harvest came around,he was already selling herbs,vegetables and cotton in the market 8.people from the towns met regularly．Now it occurred to 9.that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck．

Answer

1.a

2.Luckily

3.for

4.was left

5.when

6.fell

7.without

8.to sell

9.where

10.him

【解析】

1.此处指一座农场。

2.句意:幸运的是,他有一头每天能产奶的牛。根据句意和句子结构可知,此处需要副词修饰整个句子。

3.考查固定搭配。exchange... for...用……交换……。

4.what was left是宾语从句,主语what和leave之间是被动关系,且此处表示过去的情况,所以用一般过去时的被动语态。

5.was/were doing sth.when...表示“正在做某事这时突然……”。

6.根据and后面的died可知此处用一般过去时,fall是不及物动词,不能用于被动语态。

7.前面提到牛死了,所以此处指the Johnsons只能在没有奶牛的情况下谋生。

8.to sell在此处是动词不定式在此处表示目的。

9.where people from the towns met regularly是定语从句,修饰market,where在定语从句中作状语。

10.“it occurred to sb.+that从句”表示“某人突然想到”,此处指Mr. Johnson突然想到,所以填him。